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(To Sally.) I have also been over here but we have a very scary soul indeed for she runs the other way. You think of the body as a warm house, indeed, and you are loathe to leave it. You will leave it one day, nevertheless, and you had better get used to it now and learn the ropes. Don’t come crying to me then, for I will say I told you so.
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I will let you take a break. Far be it from me to monopolize the conversation, but I expect you all to work and the work can be joyful as many of you know.
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Tell our friend, Ruburt, that Nassair should not set up what he is thinking of setting up, his offshore fund; and tell Ruburt that that is the only message I have for Mr. Nassair at this time. He will want to know because it is on his mind. Tell him also that Mr. Nassair’s friend, who was here at class, subconsciously knows that Mr. Nassair should not set up the fund at this time, but did not want to take the responsibility for saying so. You may call me your friendly, corner stockbroker.
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(To Florence.) I have another point to make to our Lady of Florence though not the point that you particularly want me to make. There is indeed a reason why you have been involved with personalities who have taken their own lives, and I want you to take this to heart. I want you to realize where skepticism and disbelief can lead when an individual carries them to the ultimate. When personalities act upon deep disbelief they encounter hopelessness. Your own personality is set up with strongly contrasting elements, as you yourself know. You are lead strongly toward the search for purpose, and you look deeply toward the meaning of reality and existence. At the same time, however, you are also frightened of committing yourself to your belief and acting upon it wholeheartedly. You chose to become involved in your circle of acquaintanceships with those who have followed one particular line to the ultimate, where belief disappears like the shifting sand until there is no framework upon which the present personality can stand and until, in desperation, the individual leaves this plane of existence where on another level of reality purposes are then made known.
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Now, Ruburt had some other things planned for class this evening and remember you are not to come here and listen to me as if I were some Sunday preacher for I make every effort to show you that I am not. In other words, on other days of the week I expect you to be active, and when I say “active,” I mean “active.”
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